Documentary notes

Context first aired on SBS at end of 2008 reference to asylum seekers who came out around 2000 were on island for some time told it was safe to go back gave money 

Notes Rhetorical questions put in place of the asylum seekers to show also children people don’t like the idea of children being imprisoned for something they had no control over  so people know the government have acted Ideas suggested:  raw footage Office not corporate looking dress: more casual Ordinary, average looking people ‘voice of the Australian people’ camera panning connection to historical events images of violence Sense of endangerment  Unsafe, unstable  No real sense of law pity Upbeat music - good news   

The Australian Government  How is this group/institution/place represented? villianised  Appears to be unsympathetic and uncaring cold, devoid of emotion Stoic  Ill informed Does this text reinforce or challenge the stereotype? Or both?  stereotype is that the government is out to get us people in government care mostly about their own position Reinforces  they do what they think is best for their government not really caring about the people